XML DOM getAttributeNode() Method
Element Object
Example
The following code fragment loads "books.xml" into xmlDoc and gets the "category" attribute from all <book> elements:
var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
myFunction(xhttp);
}
};
xhttp.open("GET", "books.xml", true);
xhttp.send();
function myFunction(xml) {
var x, i, attnode,
xmlDoc, txt;
xmlDoc = xml.responseXML;
txt = "";
x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('book');
for (i = 0; i < x.length; i++) {
attnode = x.item(i).getAttributeNode("category");
txt += attnode.name + " = " + attnode.value + "<br>";
}
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = txt;
}
The output of the code above will be:
category = cooking
category = children
category = web
category =
web
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Definition and Usage
The getAttributeNode() method gets an attribute node by name from the current element.
Syntax
elementNode.getAttributeNode(name)
| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| name | Required. Specifies the attribute node to get |
Element Object
